Data on the pandemic shows that Black and Hispanic Americans experience higher rates of death due to COVID-19 than white Americans in every age group. However, this disparity is not new; government metrics illustrate how health outcomes have long differed by race.
Hispanic people have historically had the highest life expectancy
Life expectancy has long differed by race, although all groups have seen life expectancy increases over the past several decades. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hispanic people have the longest life expectancy at 82 years, whereas Black people have the lowest at 75 years. White individuals have a life expectancy in the middle: 78.5 years.
